Film Score Focus

This week on Film Score Focus we're going to dive into the dark and mysterious world of Frank Black. Our guide will be Mark Snow. I'm a huge X-FILES fan. Last year I did a show on Snow's fantastic music for that series which is now a 90's staple. Often overlooked is Snow's equally as impressive music from the shorter-lived television series MILLENNIUM (1996-1999).

Join me Friday night at 8:00PM or Sunday night at 7:00PM right here on 89.5 KMFA. Or you can listen live via the internet at www.kmfa.org.

Here's the lineup for FSF-213 The Music of "Millennium"

This week on Film Score Focus we'll be joined by screenwriter Anton Diether who will reveal the secret inspirations behind several of his scripts...hint, it has something to do with film music. Anton is a professional screenwriter of over thirty years and recently moved from Los Angeles to Austin a couple of years ago. His films include the Hallmark Classics mini-series' MOBY DICK (1998) with Patrick Stewart as Captain Ahab, as well as CLEOPATRA (1999), and STRANDED (2002).

Anton constantly writes to film music and this week on the program he'll share some of his favorites which have inspired a recent crop of new scripts. If you've ever wanted know know (or hear) how film music can influence and inspire other aspects of film making, don't miss this very special broadcast of Film Score Focus. Join us Friday night at 8:00PM or Sunday night at 7:00PM right here on 89.5 KMFA. Or you can listen live via the internet at www.kmfa.org.

Here's the lineup for FSF-212 Screenwriting to Music (with Anton Diether)

This week on Film Score Focus we're going to get caught up with some of the latest and greatest new film scores to hit theaters in the past six months. 2009 ended with fairly voluminous bang and these are the scores that seem to be causing the commotion. Join me Friday night at 8:00PM or Sunday night at 7:00PM right here on 89.5 KMFA. Or you can listen live via the internet at www.kmfa.org.

Here's the lineup for FSF-211 New Release Roundup: January '10

This week on Film Score Focus we're going to explore a few haunted houses in search of great scores from films featuring ghosts, specters, apparitions, poltergeists, and all things which go bump in the night. Join me Friday night at 8:00PM or Sunday night at 7:00PM right here on 89.5 KMFA. Or you can listen live via the internet at www.kmfa.org.

Here's the lineup for FSF-210 There's A Ghost In The House






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This week on Film Score Focus we'll be listening to music from documentary films from five different composers spanning four decades. Join me Friday night at 8:00PM or Sunday night at 7:00PM right here on 89.5 KMFA. Or you can listen live via the internet at www.kmfa.org.

Here is the lineup for FSF-209 What's Up Documentary?






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This week on Film Score Focus we'll listen to music from five of my favorite film scores of 2009.

Here is the lineup for FSF-208 Brian's Favorite Film Scores of 2009

I have to apologize for not keeping up with the blog this year. It became very difficult to keep up with my schedule. I'm going to start it back up again and take measures to keep it leaner than before. This way I can hopefully keep up with it better than I had before. Each blog will include the music lineup, links to purchase the CDs, and a quick couple of sentences describing the show.

I'm going to start in December and hopefully gain steam into 2010. Thanks for tuning in to FILM SCORE FOCUS

Last year I devoted an entire program of FILM SCORE FOCUS to my music which I had composed in 2008. It served as a short of "year in review" and was the first time a whole show was dedicated to my film music. After the program I was deeply humbled and surprised at all the positive emails regarding the show. I received a many words of praise and thanks for allowing my music to be broadcast.

The show ended up being so popular I made the decision that every year during the second to last weekend, I would make it a tradition to play my music for your enjoyment.

Would you rather not wait that long?

For the past decade I've been fairly disorganized when it comes to managing and distributing my music via the internet. I press CD demos for prospective clients and have avoided making my music available on the internet for many years. Only recently have I put up MP3s of my film music on this blog for people to listen to. I've been searching for a more effective and controlled method for distributing my music online which is why I just recently joined ReverbNation.

ReverbNation is a site where I can collect, manage, distribute, and monitor all my film music. I can create widgets to post around the internet and disseminate tunepaks to target clients. Tunepaks are customized playlists that appears as a music player widget via a web browser. It looks like after ten years and an estimated 3000 demo CDs, I don't think I'll ever have to burn another one ever again.

I'd like to invite everybody to check out my page, listen to my music, and check back often for new uploads. If you feel so inclined, I encourage you to sign up as a fan so you can keep in touch with my latest activities. For now, all my music is streamed and unavailable for download but I will be looking into making several of my scores available for purchase via iTunes in the near future.





Here is a music player widget which has everything that I have uploaded to date. These are stereo 320kbps MP3s which sound fantastic streamed from the player. Also take note that there will forever be a widget posted on the right hand side of this blog (scan down to view and listen).

Right now I have selections from the following film scores available for listening...

ARTOIS THE GOAT (2009)
COWBOY SMOKE (2008)
THE CHILDREN'S WAR (2009)
RIDE AROUND THE WORLD (2006)
UNCONVENTIONAL: THE STORY OF THE BARNETT SHALE (2008)
MAKING THE MODERN (2003)

More score selections will be posted including a few more features and some of my short film work in the upcoming weeks.

Enjoy!





I've also posted music on my Facebook account.

ReverbNation also contains a wealth of information regarding my career including press quotes, bio, my blog posts, photos, and videos.

Feel free to spread the word and thanks for listening!

Greetings! I have to apologize. The blog has been grossly out of date for many months. I had pretty much left the planet from January until early March working on the score for ARTOIS THE GOAT (2009) which premiere at SXSW here in Austin last March. It's taken just about every scrap of time I could muster in order to just get the shows done each week. For that, the blog has suffered and I am sorry for that. I'm going back through and doing my very best to try to catch up.

I'll try to do a handful a week until things get caught up. I won't expound upon each show like I normally would but I'll at least get the playlists up and links to the CDs for your reference. Hopefully I won't get this behind again. Thank you for your understanding and appreciate for the program!

All my best,
Brian

Once again it's that time of the year again...Academy Awards season. This coming Sunday will be the live awards presentation and before you go and watch the ceremony you should know all five nominees for Best Original Score. There are some good nominees this year and I'll even tell you who the winner will be! I've correctly predicted the winner for Best Original Score for the past twelve years and I'm not about to end my streak this year.

I have a love/hate relationship with the Academy Awards. On one hand I think they're stupid, largely incorrect, rarely recognizing true talents in the cinematic field, largely political, and the shows are always long and can get kind of boring.

However, I watch each and every year. I actually get a little excited about it. I can't help it. I think everybody who works in the business longs for the day when they can recite their Oscar speech. I've got mine ready to go...

Here is the lineup for FSF-166 Academy Awards Show 2009



Five composers...five films....five scores...which will take home the prize?

Mark my words...the winner will be...

SLUMDOG MILLIONARE (2009) by A.R. Rahman!!! (...although I really wish it were WALL-E...)